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Rallus longwostris carilxBiis Cory, Auk, v, 1888, 53 part; Birds West 

 Indies, 1889, 254, part; Cat. West Indian Birds, 1892, 90, 

 part (Puerto Rico). — American Ornithologists' Union, Claeck-list 

 North Amer. Birds, ed. 2, 1895, No. 211.2, part ("West Indies") ; 

 ed. 3, 1910, 103, part ("West Indies" ) .—Wetmore, U. S. Dept. Agr. Bull. 

 326, 1916, 36 (Puerto Rico, resident; habits; food); Auk, xxxiii, 1916, 

 411 (Vieques Island); xxxiv, 1917, 58 (Culebra Island; notes). — Cooke, 

 U. S. Dept. Agr. Bull. 128, 1914, 22, part.— Struthers, Auk, xl, 1923, 472 

 (Boqueron, Puerto Rico; nesting). 



Ralhis longirostris cariiaeus Wetmoee, New York Acad. Sci., Sci. Surv. Porto 

 Rico, ix, pt. 3, 1927, 335 (genl. ; Puerto Rico; Vieques; Culebra; St. 

 Thomas; St. Croix). — Danforth, Journ. Dept. Agr. Puerto Rico, xiv, 1930, 

 115 (Tortola, Virgin Islands) ; xv, 1931, 49 (Joyuda, Puerto Real, Boqueron, 

 Faro de Cabo Roja, etc., Puerto Rico). — Beatty, Journ. Dept. Agr. Puerto 

 Rico, xiv, 1930, 139 (St. Croix, Krause Lagoon; breeding.) — Peters, Check- 

 list Birds of World, ii, 1934, 158, part. 



Rlallus] llongirostrisl caribaeus Bond, Birds West Indies, 1936, 87, part 

 (Puerto Rico; Vieques; Culebra; St. Croix; St. Thomas; Tortola). 



Rallus longirostris subsp. Rallus carihwus Sharps, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiii, 

 1894, 13, part (St. Croix; St. Thomas). 



Rallus longirostris subsp. Danforth, Journ. Agr. Univ. Puerto Rico, xix, 1935, 

 447, 466 (Culebra, St. Croix, Vieques; St. Thomas; Tortola). 



Rallus carihaeiis Sharpb, Hand-list, i, 1899, 94, part. 



Rallus longirostris limnetls Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ixxxiv, 1937, 

 326 (orig. descr. ; monogr. ; Puerto Rico; Culebra; Vieques; Tortola; St. 

 Croix; St. Thomas). — Danforth, Journ. Agr. Univ. Puerto Rico, xxi, 1937, 

 543 (Puuta Arena, Playa Grande, and Cayo Verdiales all in Vieques 

 Island, Puerto Rico). 



KALLUS LONGIROSTRIS MANGLECOLA Danforth 



Antigua Clapper Rah- 



Adult (sexes alike ).'^^ — Similar to pale phase of Rallus longirostris 

 liinnetis below but the breast purer and slightly brighter light 

 pinkish cinnamon, and like the dark phase of Ihnnetis on the upper- 

 parts, but with longer bill. 



Juvenal (unsexed). — Similar to that of Rallus longirostris satura-^ 

 tus^ but the upper parts more olive brownish, the edges of the feathers 

 of the back, scapulars, etc., less grayish, more olive brownish. 



Natal doion. — Unrecorded. 



Adult male (type). — Wing 146.1; tail 60.5; exposed culmen 73.9; 

 tarsus 54 ; middle toe without claw 50 mm.) . 



Adult female. — ^Wing 135.5; tail 60.7; exposed culmen 64.8; tarsus 

 45.8 mm.^3 



" Only male seen, but female said not to differ except in size. 



" One specimen of each, the female not seen, all measurements except the 

 middle toe without claw ex Danforth, who also sends the following measurements 

 of 7 unsexed birds in the Mus6e L'Herminier at Point-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe; 

 culmen from base 60.5 (immature, 65.6, 63.3, 73.0, 64.8, 66.1, 70.1 mm.) ; tarsus 

 (approximate only) 43, 51.6, 48, 48.5, 53.0, 47.3, 47.8 mm. 



